... as compared with 25 . 5 for 1907. There were nine deaths of children under one year of age, which gives the very high infant mortality of 120 per 1,000 births registered, as compared with 44 . 1 for 1907. Nearly one half, however, occurred in children ...

... of the Cape Arg£. h« now horwfleeli, tin proportion boing _, the mole portion the community repngnont cot fowl 11.0 infant mortality very Ingh. Frnationo arc bririnniniEto tell, odd. the corm.pond.mt, imlrndd get relief in the .Inpe il.at constitute ...

... cent. of .5 or 1 out of every 200 inhabitant:. Of the 30 deaths. 2 were children winder year of age. This gave a tate of infant mortality of 40 per thousand. as compared with 1151 for the previous year& gratifying decrease. The analysis of the cause of death ...

... in future endeavour to find a Ira expensive amusement than knocking spoil off the Corporation tree guards. The rise of infant mortality is evokin; considerable discussion all over the country, Whatever its causes it is the duty oi all municipal and Urban ...

... births, deaths, and infections iiire.lPel.. that the dooth rate in the town was the lowest but one the past lb years, that infant mortality in never beer, so low, and that :here were hi.: three cases of notifiable infe-tious disease, rt: though there was in ...

... town. Of this number, however. several did not really belong to the district, but came with the last hope of recovery. Infant mortality was also rather high during 1988. children under one year of age died, which gave a rate of 150 per thousand as against ...

... year, five were of children under one year of age. This gives the high infant mortality of 195 per 1.000 births, as compared with 78.4 for the previous year. One of the fire infants. however, died, owing to premature birth, and only lived a few hours. ...

... quests during tho ‘jnarier, one death «as l.uind to follow accidental and the othi-r vv.-is ceil died as heart disetse The infant mortality wa« -ly due t> ' and oouvulmms. I; tin was prevalent in die town for short turn- the day schools were closed lor days ...

... satisfactory rate of 12.8. Of the 30 deaths last year, five were of children undet*one year of age. This give* the high infant mortality of 123 per 1,000 births, as compared with 78.4 for the previous year. One of the five infanta. however, died, owing to ...

... man, the wife, and their family. The rooms are damp, there is no ventilation, and it is not suprising that the rate of infant mortality is very high. The closet arrangements are abomin- able; the water supply of two-thirds of the villages ia insufficient ...

... deaths were sixtytwo, makinc a rate of 19 . 1. The rats of infant mortality, under one year, was 205 to 1,000 births. This rate compares very unfavourably with that of 1899, when infant mortality was 98 to a thousand births but, in order to prevent nth ...

... will take serious notice of the Medical Officer’s remarks anent the “reeding of infants.” He evidently thinks that neglect or malantrition is the cause of much infant mortality. Some mothers are so reckless.” Ignorance is often at the bottom of the bad methods ...